My EVE

This post announces the opening of Local Spike, a fresh EVE PVP blog with its fingers dipped into a few other games but a decisive EVE focus that runs down to the name, theming, and feature set. I have spent the last month of spare work time building the site up behind the scenes, fixing issues, and ensuring acceptable performance on mobile devices. Without further adieu, the information:

Web: http://local-spike.com
#tweetfleet: @LocalSpike
Twitch.TV: LocalSpike
E-MAIL: tips@local-spike.com

The Casting Call
I have done some private recruiting, and am in tentative talks with a few obnoxiously noncommittal individuals. In the meantime, I am pleased to announce a public recruiting drive. The site will need blog posters, video creators / editors, Twitch streamers, and a person or two (preferably European) to share the Twitter account to appease the Tweetfleet gods.

If you'd like to be a contributor and can write English well, send an in-game / forum mail to me with who you are, where you live, and what you do. Contributors are entitled to one 2GB IMAP4 e-mail address on the site and POP3 access to the tips inbox, plus sharing in any future formal incentives / rewards program.

A tentative list of preferred contributor backgrounds follows:

• High-level Wormhole PVP pilots
• Member / any level leadership of a major belligerent on either side of the CFC war for Fountain
• Member of any PVP faction in Querious
• Anyone involved in the HBC / Raiden collapse
• Low-sec pirates with a reputation, or whose corps have one
• Mercenaries, and not the console peasant type
• Seasoned faction war pilots / commanders
• A fleet commander who specializes in cloaky gangs / black ops work
• A market PVPer. Manipulations, speculation, soft scamming, and business.
• A few people with active 1600+ LoL accounts
• A few experienced Dota 2 players
• One or two solid GW2 PVPers

The list does not encompass everything we're looking for, it is simply a list of interesting personal circumstances, many of which are based heavily on current events. Also bear in mind that the site is a shared blog which hopes to bring together PVP events from all over New Eden. It is not a dumping ground for disclaimer-free alliance propaganda. Leaking us recordings of leadership meetings, speeches, and alliance updates is 100% kosher though, which brings us to the next section ...

Guest Posting
There is a guest posting program for those who want to submit privileged information or a one-off article / battle report. Guest posters do not (and will not) receive any compensation, and can choose to remain anonymous or be attributed. Would-be guest posters are encouraged to e-mail tips@local-spike.com or get in touch with ownership directly.

The Contest
Lastly, I'm not a graphics designer, nor are my friends to my knowledge. As such, I am running a contest for a graphics package (seamless background texture, header, logo, and favicon) worth one PLEX. See this post on the blog for more details.

http://local-spike.com/2013/07/youtube-account-active/
http://youtu.be/UeOq8GtBeVI
http://youtu.be/1x-ZzOydPjM

First set of YouTube videos are up, 401K vs Gallente militia. They're livestream-sourced with audio-swap due to issues with the originals. I play EVE in 3840x1080 too so there are slightly zoomed black bars. Let me know what you guys think.